Sexual harassment training; legislative branch.
Summary
Requires General Assembly members, full-time legislative staff of General Assembly members compensated with state appropriations, and full-time employees of each legislative branch agency to complete sexual harassment training once every calendar year. The exact same training shall be offered by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Office of the Clerk of the Senate and provided to their respective members and their staff. All other legislative branch employees shall complete the sexual harassment training course offered by either Clerk. The training must be available online 24 hours per day, seven days per week and be exactly the same as any sexual harassment training course offered through the Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center administered by the Department of Human Resource Management. Persons elected to the General Assembly or commencing or recommencing full-time employment in the legislative branch will have 90 days from the election or their dates of hire to complete the training. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill incorporates
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Last action Mar 9, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 7-N)
legislature
Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
House requested conference committee
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute (87-Y 8-N)
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB796H1
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107608D-H1
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB796S1
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107046D-S1
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18101234D
legislature
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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